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Tens of thousands of people gathered at the Burning Man festival to watch the the nearly 100-foot towering effigy of the Man burst into flames and collapse to the ground. After 30 minutes of fire performers, a spectacular fireworks display set the Man ablaze -- one of the most-anticipated events at the week-long pop-up city in the Nevada desert. Andy Barron/RGJ

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Tens of thousands of people gathered at the Burning Man festival to watch the the nearly 100-foot towering effigy of the Man burst into flames and collapse to the ground. After 30 minutes of fire performers, a spectacular fireworks display set the Man ablaze -- one of the most-anticipated events at the week-long pop-up city in the Nevada desert.
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A sign for the "Temple Guardians," who stand watch around Burning Man's Temple before the effigy is destroyed by fire. The Guardians play an important role in ensuring no one gets hurt in the fire Sept. 2, 2018. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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A sign for the "Temple Guardians," who stand watch around Burning Man's Temple before the effigy is destroyed by fire. The Guardians play an important role in ensuring no one gets hurt in the fire Sept. 2, 2018.
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The approximately 100-foot-tall Man burns on Saturday night during a raucous celebration at Burning Man. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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The approximately 100-foot-tall Man burns on Saturday night during a raucous celebration at Burning Man.
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Backed by a massive fireworks diplay, the approximately 100-foot-tall Man burns on Saturday night during a raucous celebration at Burning Man 2018. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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Backed by a massive fireworks diplay, the approximately 100-foot-tall Man burns on Saturday night during a raucous celebration at Burning Man 2018.
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A massive explosion dwarfs the approximately 100-foot-tall Man effigy as it burns on Saturday night during a raucous celebration at Burning Man Sept. 2, 2018. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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A massive explosion dwarfs the approximately 100-foot-tall Man effigy as it burns on Saturday night during a raucous celebration at Burning Man Sept. 2, 2018.
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About 80,000 people have assembled in the remote Nevada desert for the annual Burning Man festival, with outrageous costumes, whimsical art and a whole lot of fire. Los Angles-based model, designer and Instagram influencer Ludi Delfino poses for a photo taken by Eric Chambers in front of a burning sculpture at Burning Man Aug 31, 2018. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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About 80,000 people have assembled in the remote Nevada desert for the annual Burning Man festival, with outrageous costumes, whimsical art and a whole lot of fire. Los Angles-based model, designer and Instagram influencer Ludi Delfino poses for a photo taken by Eric Chambers in front of a burning sculpture at Burning Man Aug 31, 2018.
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A massive fireball roils into the night sky after an art installation of two (wooden) locomotives "crashed" into each other at Burning Man Sept. 1, 2018. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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A massive fireball roils into the night sky after an art installation of two (wooden) locomotives "crashed" into each other at Burning Man Sept. 1, 2018.
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Fireworks blast off above a pair of wooden locomotives that crashed into each other as part of an art installation at Burning Man. The locomotives were built by Burning Man attendees from Nevada and California and were intended to evoke the spectacle of when real trains were crashed into each other for fun by railway companies Sept. 1, 2018. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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Fireworks blast off above a pair of wooden locomotives that crashed into each other as part of an art installation at Burning Man. The locomotives were built by Burning Man attendees from Nevada and California and were intended to evoke the spectacle of when real trains were crashed into each other for fun by railway companies Sept. 1, 2018.
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Hundreds of Burning Man attendees dance in the pre-dawn darkness in front of a mobile music platform that's blasting both techno and fire Sept. 1, 2018. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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Hundreds of Burning Man attendees dance in the pre-dawn darkness in front of a mobile music platform that's blasting both techno and fire Sept. 1, 2018.
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Hundreds of Burning Man participants dressed up like bunnies march down the street as part of an annual "chase" between bunnies and carrots Aug 31, 2018. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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Hundreds of Burning Man participants dressed up like bunnies march down the street as part of an annual "chase" between bunnies and carrots Aug 31, 2018.
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Hundreds of Burning Man participants dressed up like bunnies march down the street as part of an annual "chase" between bunnies and carrots Aug 31, 2018. Trevor Hughes, Trevor Hughes-USA TODAY NETWORK

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Hundreds of Burning Man participants dressed up like bunnies march down the street as part of an annual "chase" between bunnies and carrots Aug 31, 2018.
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Derek "Doc Sousa" Wingfield plays a sousaphone during a parade of hundreds of people dressed up at rabbits during Burning Man Aug 31, 2018. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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Derek "Doc Sousa" Wingfield plays a sousaphone during a parade of hundreds of people dressed up at rabbits during Burning Man Aug 31, 2018.
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Burning Man is an annual festival held in the Black Rock Desert, 120 miles north of Reno, Nevada. The event runs from Aug. 26 through Sept. 3 this year. Chelsea Rae Burka poses for a photographer during the evening light at Burning Man Aug. 30, 2018. Burka was part of a wedding photo shoot on the desert area known as the playa. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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Burning Man is an annual festival held in the Black Rock Desert, 120 miles north of Reno, Nevada. The event runs from Aug. 26 through Sept. 3 this year. Chelsea Rae Burka poses for a photographer during the evening light at Burning Man Aug. 30, 2018. Burka was part of a wedding photo shoot on the desert area known as the playa.
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Nirav Nirvana of Los Angeles poses for a photo at Burning Man taken by Helen Sartory of London. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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Nirav Nirvana of Los Angeles poses for a photo at Burning Man taken by Helen Sartory of London.
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The finally completed Temple at Burning Man takes its cues from fractals and 3-D printing to offer an unusual shape and construction style, which took longer that many attendees expected. The building with be torched and burned to ashes on Sunday night. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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The finally completed Temple at Burning Man takes its cues from fractals and 3-D printing to offer an unusual shape and construction style, which took longer that many attendees expected. The building with be torched and burned to ashes on Sunday night.
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Burning Man is an annual festival held in the Black Rock Desert, 120 miles north of Reno, Nevada. The event runs from Aug. 26 through Sept. 3 this year. The morning sun rises above the horizon to illuminate the wooden Temple building at Burning Man. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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Burning Man is an annual festival held in the Black Rock Desert, 120 miles north of Reno, Nevada. The event runs from Aug. 26 through Sept. 3 this year. The morning sun rises above the horizon to illuminate the wooden Temple building at Burning Man.
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An inflatable sphere covered in reflective material hangs over the dusty playa of Burning Man, reflecting back the neon and LED lights scattered around the area. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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An inflatable sphere covered in reflective material hangs over the dusty playa of Burning Man, reflecting back the neon and LED lights scattered around the area.
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A group of lamplighters walk the desert floor (known as the playa) at Burning Man as they hand light and hang hundreds of oil lamps to illuminate the main road system. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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A group of lamplighters walk the desert floor (known as the playa) at Burning Man as they hand light and hang hundreds of oil lamps to illuminate the main road system.
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Bikes are a popular mode of transportation along the playa. Andy Barron/RGJ,

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Bikes are a popular mode of transportation along the playa.
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A group of Burning Man participants fly a giant robot inflatable in the middle of the desert. This year's Burning Man theme is "I, Robot." Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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A group of Burning Man participants fly a giant robot inflatable in the middle of the desert. This year's Burning Man theme is "I, Robot."
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A Burning Man participant watches as an art installation belches fire. Propane-powered flamethrowers are a popular item to install on vehicles and art pieces at Burning Man. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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A Burning Man participant watches as an art installation belches fire. Propane-powered flamethrowers are a popular item to install on vehicles and art pieces at Burning Man.
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A group of Burning Man participants wait for the sun to rise while standing on an art installation of a rainbow bridge. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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A group of Burning Man participants wait for the sun to rise while standing on an art installation of a rainbow bridge.
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The morning light shines through a piece of art at Burning Man. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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The morning light shines through a piece of art at Burning Man.
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A group of Burners pauses for a photo opp at Burning Man. Andy Barron/RGJ,

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A group of Burners pauses for a photo opp at Burning Man.
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A couple embraces as they watch the sun rise through the Burning Man temple. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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A couple embraces as they watch the sun rise through the Burning Man temple.
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The proverbial "Man" towers over attendees at the start of the weeklong event in the Nevada desert. Burning Man bills itself as "A global cultural movement in a 'decommodified' space." Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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The proverbial "Man" towers over attendees at the start of the weeklong event in the Nevada desert. Burning Man bills itself as "A global cultural movement in a 'decommodified' space."
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Obscured by dust, the morning sun rises over a line of traffic waiting to enter the Burning Man festival in northern Nevada. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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Obscured by dust, the morning sun rises over a line of traffic waiting to enter the Burning Man festival in northern Nevada.
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The full moon rises over the festival site in Northern Nevada. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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The full moon rises over the festival site in Northern Nevada.
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Shane Spring of Toronto poses with the sculpture "Symbolic Peace" by Mathew Rosenblatt of Toronto that he helped build and install at Burning Man. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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Shane Spring of Toronto poses with the sculpture "Symbolic Peace" by Mathew Rosenblatt of Toronto that he helped build and install at Burning Man.
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A group of attendees watches the setting sun duck behind the mountains on the first official night of the event. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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A group of attendees watches the setting sun duck behind the mountains on the first official night of the event.
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RadiaLumia, by FoldHaus Collective, sits in the deep playa at Burning Man 2018. RadiaLumia harkens to radialoria, "a tiny protozoa with intricate mineral skeletons that covered the desert thousands of years ago, when it was once the sea floor," according to the artist. To the left, a 34-foot tall polar bear sculpture made of white car hoods stands in the desert to represent the disappearance of polar bears because of greenhouse gases emitted by fossil fuel-burning vehicles. Mike Higdon/RGJ

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RadiaLumia, by FoldHaus Collective, sits in the deep playa at Burning Man 2018. RadiaLumia harkens to radialoria, "a tiny protozoa with intricate mineral skeletons that covered the desert thousands of years ago, when it was once the sea floor," according to the artist. To the left, a 34-foot tall polar bear sculpture made of white car hoods stands in the desert to represent the disappearance of polar bears because of greenhouse gases emitted by fossil fuel-burning vehicles.
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Shane Spring of Toronto looks at a peace sign sculpture that he helped build and install at Burning Man. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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Shane Spring of Toronto looks at a peace sign sculpture that he helped build and install at Burning Man.
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On Sept. 1, the "Man" will be burned amid a massive fireworks display. After the burn, volunteers scour the desert floor to remove all traces of the fire debris. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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On Sept. 1, the "Man" will be burned amid a massive fireworks display. After the burn, volunteers scour the desert floor to remove all traces of the fire debris.
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Dozens of Burning Man attendees climb over a tower of stacked cars topped with a flamethrower, one of the most popular art installations at the event this year. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK

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Dozens of Burning Man attendees climb over a tower of stacked cars topped with a flamethrower, one of the most popular art installations at the event this year.
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Burning Man attendees, called Burners, walk through a dust storm on the first day of the event, Aug. 26, 2018, in the Nevada desert. The gates into the event had to be closed due to the storms. Andy Barron/RGJ

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Burning Man attendees, called Burners, walk through a dust storm on the first day of the event, Aug. 26, 2018, in the Nevada desert. The gates into the event had to be closed due to the storms.
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It was a very dusty opening day at Burning Man. Andy Barron/RGJ

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It was a very dusty opening day at Burning Man.
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Burners lounged during the dusty opening day of Burning Man. Andy Barron/RGJ

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Burners lounged during the dusty opening day of Burning Man.
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A performer braves the dusy on the opening day of Burning Man. Andy Barron/RGJ

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A performer braves the dusy on the opening day of Burning Man.
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The gates into the event had to be closed due to a dust storm on opening day of Burning Man. Andy Barron/RGJ

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The gates into the event had to be closed due to a dust storm on opening day of Burning Man.
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